Starting in 2025, Washington state will provide long-term care insurance to eligible residents, funded by a payroll tax that begins in 2022. Washington workers may opt-out of the program if they buy a private long-term-care insurance policy before November 1, 2021.
What is the WA Cares Fund?
How much it cost? What would be the impact in most workers' paychecks?
Can employees opt-out of the WA Cares Fund? How can they get an exemption?